Pressure-relief attachment for pens



I Feb-19, 1929.

s. SCHRAGO PRESSURE RELIEF ATTACHMENT FOR PENS Filed Aug. 9, 1926 i sawPatented Feb. 19,1929. v 1,702,953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SCHRAGO, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PRESSURE-RELIEF ATTACHMENT FOR PENS.

Application filed August 9, 1926. Serial No. 128,129.

This invention relates to improvements in posed a metallic band 14 whichhas tongues penholders and particularly to pen holders or lugs 15provided on it which are pressed which have embodied thereon pressurerelief into the body of the pen holder. The upper devices so that thepressure will be properly portion of the band is lengthened, asindiapplied by the hand to the penholder to encated at 16, to provide afinger rest and this able the person using the holder to write portionis spaced slightly from the top surwith it very easily and in such amanner as v face of the penholder. By this construction to nicely shadethe characters which he forms the lower split half 17 of the penholderis with the pen. somewhat yieldable, and in use when pres- An object ofthis invention is to provide sure is applied to the finger rest 16 bythe a pen holder having a pressure relief at'tachforefinger, it will betransmitted from the ment which may be easily, quickly and cheapfingerrest back through the yieldable lower ly constructed and which will notget out of portion 17 of the penholder 10 to a point order. adjacentwhere the penholder rests on the Another object of this invention. toprocrotch of the hand between the thumb and vide an attachment providinga pressure reforefinger. This causes the pressure to be lief devicewhich can be easily and quickly transmitted to the proper part of thepenattached to penholders of the conventional holder, so that in writingthe nibs of the construction. pen points will be split and allowed tocon- VJith the foregoing and other objects in tract very nicely to forma nice shading on view which will be made manifest in the folthe lettersor characters written.

lowing detailed description and specifically The modification shown inFig. 3 accompointed out in the appended claims, reference plishesthe-same purpose as that shown in is had to the accompanying drawingsfor an Figs. 1 and 2, but is of a different construcst illustrativeembodiment of the invention, tion. In this modification the body of thewherein: penholder 18 is longitudinally split through- Figure l is aside elevation of one form out a portion of its length, as indicated at19,

of the improved pen holder, providing a yieldable lower half 20. A

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken sub transverse cut 21 defines theforward end of stantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, v the yieldablehalf which is disposed a short Fig. 3 is a side elevation, parts beingdistance back from the pen point end of the broken away and shown insection, illustratholder. In the upper half of the body of the ing aslightly modified form of construction, holder there is formed anaperture 22. A

l 4 is a side elevation illustrating a furfinger rest 23 which isdisposed above the top ther modified form of constri'lction, of thelarge end of the body of the penholder Fig. 5 is a vertical sectiontaken substan has an angular shank 24, which extends tmlly on the line5-5 of Fig. 4, and through the aperture 21 and is fastened to Fig. (3 isa side elevation, parts being the forward end of the lower yieldablehalf broken away and shown in section, illustrat- 20. This penholderoperates in a similar ing a further modified form of construction.manner to that shown in Fig. 1, that is, when Referring to theaccompanying drawings pressure is applied to the finger rest 23, itwherein similar reference characters desigwill be transmitted therefromthrough the nate similar parts throughout, and particushank 24 to theyieldable lower half 20 which larly to Fig. 1, the reference character10 desin turn will transmit it to the body of the ignates the body ofthe penholder, which is penholder at a point remote from the pen similarin construction to the conventional point end of the penholder.penholder having one large end and the other In the modification shownin Fig. 4 there tapered. In the large end there is formed a is providedan attachment which can be apbore 11, in which is a split tubular memberplied to the conventional penholder. In this 12 which serves to hold thepen point P in modification there is a split spring ring 25 place. Thelarge end of the penholder shown which on being thrust onto the body 26of in Fig. 1 is split longitudinally, as indicated the penholder overits tapered end will be at 13, from the pen point end of the holderexpanded thereby and thus the ring 25 will back to a point remote fromthis end, or to a clamp on the body at a point remote from the pointadjacent the center of gravity of the penpoint or large end of theholder. A leaf penholder, About the large end there is disspring 27 hasone end secured to the under side of thisring and extends lir'qrwai'dlytherefrom, and has its forward end secured to the under side oia ring 28which is somewhat greater in diameter than the diameter oi the large endor the penholder. The top of this ring is provided with the finger rest29' spaced slightly from the top of the penholder. On applying pressureto the finger rest 29 the pressure will be transmitted back to a pointadjacent the center of the penholder as previously described inconnection with the modifications shown in Figsl and Fig. 6 illustratesa further modified form or construction for accomplishing the desiredresult. In this modification aconventional penholderi-BO has an aperture31 formed ver tically th'ei'ethrough adjacent its large end. The fingerrest which is disposed adjacent the large end hasan angular shank 33 eX-tending through the aperture 31. 'lhe lower end of this shank is bentbaclrwardly providing aleaf spring 34;, which is fastened as by a tackagainst the under side of the body oi the pen holder. The pressureapplied to the finger rest 32 will be transmitted through the shanlrBSand the spring 34 to a point on the penholder well back from the penpoint end of the holder. 7

From the above described construction it will be appreciated that all ofthe modificatiens have finger rests on the body of the penholderslightly above the top surfaces and adjacent their large ends, and thata yieldable construction which may be separate or 1ntegral with the bodyor the penholder serves totransmit pressure applied to the finger restback to a'point remote fromthc pen point and to a point on the undejside of the holder. By this arrangement of parts it will be found thatthe pen point can be caused to write very nicely and shade nicely, whichis quite difi'icult if the penholder hasthe pressure applied directly toit from its top surface adjacent its pen point end. 7

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the detail ofconstrurtiim without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A penhol'der having a yield-able part extending from a point remotefrom the pen point end on the arran ge d point and toward the pen underside thereof, afinger rest upon the upper side of the body of: t .e holder adjacent'the pen point end and spaced slightly therefrom; andmeans connecting the finger rest to the forward end of said part.

2. In a penholder, a yieldable part extending from a point remote hornthe pen point and toward the pen point ind on the under side thereof, afinger rest arranged upon the upper side of the body of the holder acentthe pen point end and spaced slightly therefrom, and means extendingthrough the pen holder connecting the ringer restto the forward end orsaid yieldable part.

3 A pen holder comprising a body, a finger rest arranged upon one sideof the body adjacent the pen point end, yieidable means arranged uponanother side oi? the body and connected to the body more remote roin thepen point end than the finger rest and extending toward the pen pointend, and means con necting the finger rest to the forward end or theyieldable means so as to normally keep the finger rest spaced from thebody.

4-. A pen holder coinin'ising a body, a finger rcst arranged above thewe of the body adjacent thepen point end, yieldable means arranged uponthe under side of the body, one end of which is secured to the body andmeans connecting the other end of the yielihibl-e means to the fingerrest so as to normally keep the finger rest spaced from the body.

5. A pen holder comprising abody, a finger rest arranged above andspaced new. the top of the body adjacent the pen point end and meansiorming a yieldable connection between the finger rest and the underside of the body, part of said men. s extendi? g transversely of thebody acent the finger rest and the pen point end of the body.

6. A penholder comprising a body split longitudinally throughout aportion oi its length to a point remote from the pen point end thereoi,means for securing; a pen point to that portion or the penholder abovethe split, a finger rest arranged and spaced. above the upper portion oithe holder acent the pen point end, and means connecting said ii er restto that end of the holder proximal to the pen point end. 7

7. A penholder comprising a body split longyjtudiimlly throughout aportion of its length to a point remote from the pen point end thereof,means for securing a pen point to that portion of the ponholder abovethe split, a finger rest arranged and. spaced. above the upper portionof the holder adjacent the pen point end, the after portion 01" saidfinger rest being bent to extend transversely of the pen-- holder andsecured adjacent that end oi lower portion proximal to the pen pointend.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

SAMUEL seamenlower portion oi; the

